Brief Life History of Effie Sophronia
When Effie Sophronia Lyon was born on 18 November 1853, in West Jersey, Stark, Illinois, United States, her father, Caleb Meeker Slocum Lyon, was 37 and her mother, Sophronia Elizabeth Rhodes, was 24. She married Sylvester H. McKeighan on 18 April 1880. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Stark, Illinois, United States in 1916. She died on 2 October 1916, in Toulon, Stark, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Toulon, Stark, Illinois, United States.
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- Effie L Mckeighan in household of Silvestor H. Mckeighan, "United States Census, 1900"
- Effie Lyon Mckeighan, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Effie Lyon, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, and French: from the personal name Middle English Lyon, Old French Leon (from Latin leo ‘lion’, or the cognate Greek leōn; see Leon ). Compare Lyall .
Scottish and English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lyons-la-Forêt in Eure, Normandy. It is unlikely to be from the better-known southern French city of Lyon (see 5 below).
English and French: nickname from Middle English lioun ‘lion’ (Old English, Latin leo), Old French leon, perhaps applied to a brave, fierce, or proud person, or one with a shaggy mane of hair. Compare Lion .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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